Match 50 - Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow | May 07 2026
LSG
LSG209/3 (19.0)
RCB
RCB203/6 (19.0)
Lucknow Super Giants won by 9 runs (DLS Method)
Player of the Match
Mitchell Marsh
Batting: Lucknow Super Giants
Batsman
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Mitchell Marshc Bethell b Hazlewood
111
56
9
9
198.21
Arshin Kulkarnic Patidar b K. Pandya
17
24
1
0
70.83
Nicholas Pooranc K. Pandya b Rasikh
38
23
4
1
165.22
Rishabh Pant (c)(wk)not out
32
10
4
2
320.00
Aiden Markramnot out
1
1
0
0
100.00
Extras (lb 5, w 5)
10
Total
209/3 (19.0 Ov)
Bowling: Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECON
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
4.0
0
34
0
8.50
Josh Hazlewood
4.0
0
49
1
12.25
Krunal Pandya
4.0
0
31
1
7.75
Rasikh Salam
4.0
0
53
1
13.25
Suyash Sharma
2.0
0
21
0
10.50
Romario Shepherd
1.0
0
16
0
16.00
Batting: Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Batsman
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Jacob Bethellc Prince b Shami
4
5
1
0
80.00
Virat Kohlib Prince Yadav
0
2
0
0
0.00
Devdutt Padikkalc & b Prince Yadav
34
25
3
1
136.00
Rajat Patidar (c)c Markram b Shahbaz
61
31
3
6
196.77
Jitesh Sharma (wk)c Pant b Prince Yadav
1
3
0
0
33.33
Tim Davidc Rathi b Shahbaz
40
17
4
3
235.29
Krunal Pandyanot out
28
16
2
2
175.00
Romario Shepherdnot out
23
15
3
1
153.33
Extras (lb 4, w 8)
12
Total
203/6 (19.0 Ov)
Bowling: Lucknow Super Giants
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECON
Mohammed Shami
4.0
0
33
1
8.25
Prince Yadav
4.0
0
33
3
8.25
Mayank Yadav
4.0
0
50
0
12.50
Digvesh Rathi
4.0
0
50
0
12.50
Shahbaz Ahmed
3.0
0
33
2
11.00
Match Information & Lineups
SeriesIPL 2026
DateMay 07 2026, Thu
VenueEkana Stadium, Lucknow
TossRCB (Bowl)
Time07:30 PM IST
StatusDLS Method applied
LSG Playing XI
Mitchell Marsh, Nicholas Pooran, Arshin Kulkarni, Aiden Markram, Rishabh Pant (c) (wk), Akshat Raghuwanshi, Himmat Singh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Digvesh Rathi, Mohammed Shami, Prince Yadav, Mayank Yadav
RCB Playing XI
Virat Kohli, Jacob Bethell, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (c), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Suyash Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, Rasikh Salam, Tim David
Head to Head Records
LSG
RCB
8
Matches Played
8
3
Won
5
5
Lost
3
0
No Result
0
227
Highest Score
230
108
Lowest Score
149
Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Lucknow Super Giants – IPL Match 50 Highlight – 07 May, 2026
The IPL clash between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Lucknow Super Giants on May 7 honestly had that proper high-pressure feeling from the very first over. It didn’t even feel like a normal league game at times. The crowd was loud, players looked tense, and every boundary suddenly felt massive because playoff talk was everywhere online.
RCB started aggressively with the bat. Their top order clearly wanted to dominate the powerplay and for a while it worked beautifully. Boundaries kept coming, fans inside the stadium were loving it, and Lucknow’s bowlers looked slightly rattled. But cricket changes quickly. A couple of wickets in the middle overs slowed Bengaluru down more than expected and suddenly the innings looked less comfortable.
Lucknow’s chase was strange too. They had moments where the game looked fully under control, especially during one dangerous partnership that shifted pressure back onto RCB. Then came a collapse nobody really saw coming. One batter mistimed a big shot, another got trapped trying to force the pace, and the required rate slowly became ugly.
Final overs were chaotic. Fielders shouting everywhere, batters swinging hard, crowd reacting after every ball. In the end, Bengaluru handled those tense moments a little better and somehow escaped with the win.
